bug parade part 1 Flashcards
organisums that affect the skin
Mycobacterium tuerculosis streptococcus penemoniae Bacillus anthracis ebola yersina borelia and treponema (spirochetes) staphylococcus
orgnanisums that affect the tespiratory /pulmonary
mycobacterium tuberculosis streptococcus penemoniae bacillus anthracis yersina ebola
orgnisums that affect the GI tract?
clostrium difficile helicobacter pylori bacillus anthracis yersina ebola
organisums that affect the Urogenital system?
Nesseria chlamydia Borlia and Treponema (spirochets) ebola
organisums that affect the central nervouse system?
Borelia and Treponaema (spirochetes) ebola neisseria
what are the 5 sub types of Ebola?
Zaire Sudan Cote d’lvoire Bundibugyo reston ebolavirus
which sub type of ebola is non pathogenic to humans?
reston ebolavirus
symptoms of ebola days 5-9?
Fatigue, headache fever chills
symptoms of ebola day 10?
High fever, vomiting blood rash passive behavior
symptoms of ebola day 11?
in a small fraction of cases, bleeding from noses , mouthm eyes and anus
symptoms of ebola day 12?
Patients may develop seizures, internal bleeding, loss of consciousness, death
what is MHF?
Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever.
where did Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever orriginate?
1967 Marburg and Frankfurt germany at vaccine production facilities -25 peole working with african Green monkeys, -spread to 6 family members - seven deaths (28%) mortality
what is EHF?
Ebola hemorrhagic Eever.
where did Ebola Hemorrhagic fever orriginate?
-1976 dule outbreaks , democratic republic of congo and Sudan -55- cases 88% and 53% mortality in DRC and Sudan respectively. -first documanted cases but African tribes have knowlege of previous outbreaks throught history.
______ faced a fresh outbreak of Hemorrhagic fever 2012?
Uganda outbreak came after earlier that moth uganda had been declared free of Ebola
what was the largest outbreak in history of Ebola?
west africa 2014-2016 28,652 Laboratory -confirmed cases -15,261 totoal death -11,325
West african Ebola virus outbreak as of sept. 5 2014.
Senegal- 1 case -0 deaths Guinea -812 cases- 517 deaths Sierra Leone- 1,261 Cases -491 deaths -Liberia- 1,871 cases- 1,089 deaths -Nigeria -22 cases- 8 deaths. -Democratic Republic of the Congo - 53 cases, 31 deaths.
what is Ebola
-the most lethal virus known to man. -transforms virtually every part of the body into a digested slime of virus particles. -kills 50 to 90% of the inected persons compared to Anthrax’s 25%
Term meaning to cross ofver the species barrier
zoonotic
ebola trasmission
- reservoir is not known but Bats have been strongly associated with Ebola but antibodies are rarely found in thier blood. - some areas have been used to keep wild anim als in as a staging post before shipping overseas to zoo, wildlife parks and private collectors. -hoever some animals can be infected by numerouse viruses and can mix recombine to form new strains. -could be a melting pot allowing this mixing of viruses -hot zones
ebola history
1976 west becomes aware of this killer -tropical medican in Antwerp, Belgium Peter piot -27 year old scientist and medical school graduate training as a clinical microbiologist. -from a Belgian doctor based in Zaire now the Democratic Republic of Cogno -blood fof a nun from Belgium who fell ill with a mysterious illness which he couldnt identify -when placed under a electron microscope -they saw a gigantic worm sturcture, gigantit by viral standards -virus looked like that of the Marburg virus.
when was the Marburg virus forst recognized in _______ when 31 people become ill with ___________ in the cities of ______ and ____ Germany and in _________ the capital of Yugoslavia?
1967 hemorrhagic fever Marburg Frankfurt Belgrade
This Marburg out break was associated with _______ who where working with ______ imported from _____- seven people died?
laboratory staff infected monkeys Uganda